Top 25 Ability Quotes of 778 - Page 7

There is a time in a boy’s life when the sweetness is pounded out of him; and tenderness, and the ability to show what he feels, is gone.

There is a time in a boy’s life when the sweetness is pounded out of him; and tenderness, and the ability to show what he feels, is gone.

Norah Vincent

Boys, Gone, Ability

Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.

Emma Thompson

Inspiration, Mean, Disability

Happiness is the ability to recognize it.

Carolyn Wells

Happiness, Ability

Findability precedes usability. In the alphabet and on the Web. You can’t use what you can’t find.

Peter Morville

Use, Alphabet, Usability

I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.

Oscar Pistorius

Strong, People, Disability

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

Dale Carnegie

Encouragement, Criticism, Ability

Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.220, Simon and Schuster

Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.

Paul Klee

Birthday, Children, Artistic Ability

Paul Klee, Felix Klee (1968). “The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918”, p.266, Univ of California Press

Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.

Immanuel Kant

Genius, Taught, Ability

Knowledge must become capability.

Carl von Clausewitz

Capability

Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (2007). “On War”, p.97, Oxford University Press, USA

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

Alexander Hamilton

Adversity, Adaptation, Adaptability

"The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern". Book by Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1958.

I am pissed off at your insensitive inability to understand why I'm pissed off in the first place.

Ai Yazawa

Pissed Off, Inability, Firsts

"Fictional character: Nana "Hachiko" Komatsu". "Nana", 2000.

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.

Thomas M. Disch

Creativity, Ability, Ability To See

Any method by which you get to see things that you haven't seen before hones your practiced ability to make connections.

Stephen Metcalf

Connections, Method, Ability

God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.

Mary Kay Ash

God, Religious, Availability

The greatest determinant of greatness is going to be our ability to collaborate with others who have pieces of the puzzle we don't.

Jay Abraham

Greatness, Pieces, Ability

Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams. Dig deeper into your dreams and deeper into yourself and believe that anything is possible, and make it happen.

Corin Nemec

Dream, Believe, Ability

There is no mystery whatever - only inability to perceive the obvious.

Wei Wu Wei

Inability, Mystery, Obvious

"All Else Is Bondage: Non-Volitional Living". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1964.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Publilius Syrus

Commitment, Accountability, Promise

"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 528, 1856.

Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.

Pierre-Simon Laplace

Probability Theory, Common Sense, Calculations

"Théorie Analytique Des Probabilités". Book by Pierre-Simon Laplace, second edition, 1814.

The ability to see the good in others and the bad in ourselves is perfect vision.

John Wooden

Perfect, Vision, Ability

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema.

Joe Wright

Writing, Thinking, Inability